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Content which benefits the community (news, rumors, and discussions) is valued over content which benefits only the individual (technical questions, help buying/selling, rants, etc.). This fundamental difference in audience is why we support two communities, r/Apple and r/AppleHelp. If you'd like to view their content together, click here.

I suppose it's about perspective. I very happily paid the $15 since Bartender actually made menu bar applications a plausible experience for me. With the time, user switching, Spotlight, battery, wifi, Time Machine, and character viewer apps/menu extras running, I often didn't have much room for any other menu bar applications. Apple's now added the notifications, so I have even less room. Sure, I could turn most of it off, but I don't have to with Bartender.

Depending on your workflow, you may not need it. Since I spend most of my day doing development and keep a laptop as a home computer, it's not uncommon to have the entire menu bar eaten up by an application's plethora of menus. Condensing my icons into just a handful of pixels means that I'm now two clicks away from using my menu items rather than having to find an application with a short menu. It's been worth every penny to me.

It's done through your browser. Clicking on the lit-up envelope in your menubar opens a new tab in your browser immediately; no need to dig through a menu or anything. It's pretty seamless and IMO better than somehow replying via the app.

Weather HD... provides by far the most information of all the weather apps I've tried. Menubar portion shows hi/lo, precip and wind all in the dropdown, and changes color when there's a severe weather advisory in your city. Full app has extended forecasts and maps for radar, temp, and half a dozen other things.